Cerro Grande Fire at Los Alamos National Laboratory

Description

Develop a CALPUFF atmospheric transport model of gas and particulate pollutants emitted during the Cerro Grande Fire in May of 2000 near Los Alamos New Mexico. Validate model using PM-10 measurements taken at various locations such as Santa Fe during the fire. Scale PM-10 and CO model predictions to possible releases of radionuclides and chemicals present in surface soils of the burned areas of Los Alamos National Laboratory. Compute inhalation health risks from radionuclides and chemicals entrained in the plume.

Customer

Risk Assessments Corporation for New Mexico Department of Environmental Quality

Publications

Grogan, H.A., J.W. Aanenson,, P.D. McGavran, K.R. Meyer, H.J. Mohler, S.S. Mohler, J.R. Rocco, A.S. Rood, J.E. Till, and L.H. Wilson, 2006. “Modeling of the Cerro Grande Fire at Los Alamos: An Independent Analysis of Exposure, Heath Risk, and Communication with the Public” In: Applied Modeling and Computations in Nuclear Science. ACS Symposium Series 945. American Chemical Society, Washington DC.

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  Modeled PM-10 concentrations from the Cerro Grande Fire.